Telfordize

T1E1L1F4O1R1D2I1Z10E1

verb

To furnish (a road) with a Telford pavement.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

verbTelfordize (third-person singular simple present Telfordizes, present participle Telfordizing, simple past and past participle Telfordized)

present singular third person Telfordizes · participle present Telfordizing · participle past Telfordized · past Telfordized

  1. transitiveTo furnish (a road) with a Telford pavement.

Origin

From Telford + -ize, after the civil engineer Thomas Telford.

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APA

Telfordize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telfordize

MLA

“Telfordize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telfordize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Telfordize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telfordize.

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